Lis Smith: A Very Vengeful President
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Hello and welcome to the Bullwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. We are live and in person in New York City. So I'm excited to have my old pal, a Democratic strategist, advisor to the bench and majority Dems, author of Any Given Tuesday, A Political Love Story. And we are here in kind of a mommy blogger studio. So I have a mommy. It's Liz Smith. How are you doing?
I'm good. Thank you. It's good to see you again.
How's your mom?
My mom is great. She's great. She's recovering from a broken pelvis, but nothing can keep her down.
Does she miss me?
Of course she misses you. I didn't tell her that I was going on your show today. This is going to be the highlight of her week.
Maybe I should swing by. Does she need ice cream or something? Does she need a delivery?
Yeah, maybe some PT. Are you qualified to do that?
I can't do pelvic PT. I don't think she wants me touching her pelvis.
I feel like she would be more comfortable with you touching her pelvis than most other men.
Sure.
Okay. Well, we'll get back to that. We might have to have a little parent corner at the end since we, you know, since it feels like a parenting vibe for Friday. We've got some fun stuff for people. There's a little bit of concerning news in my life. Not for me, actually. I'm not really worried about it. My husband didn't love it. Like when he saw that the White House sent out a tweet earlier this week accusing me of violating FARA. which is where you have to register as a foreign agent. The reason that they said I violated Farah was because I quote tweeted a report coming out of the farce Iranian news agency. I was just commenting on what they said. I don't take any Iranian money, obviously. We're supported by our lovely viewers and subscribers at thebullwork.com.
Donald Trump does take money from foreign countries, quite a few.
His family does, too.
His family does. Yeah, UAE, Saudi, Qatar. He's getting a plane from Qatar. Seems like he might be a foreign agent. But I don't know. What do you think? Is this kind of good news for me? Should I be concerned? Should I be lawyering up?
I could see why your husband is unhappy about it. But I feel like you are going to be absolutely insufferable about this. You are just going to talk about this nonstop. Even like last night, you texted me five times, just making sure I knew that one of the topics was going to be you and Farah. You're going to be at the bar saying, hey, did you guys see the tweet? I'm now Farah. But I mean, what's incredible to me is that this is probably the first time in history that anyone associated with Bill Kristol has been accused of being soft on Iran.
An Iranian agent even. Forget soft on Iran. Exactly. What a world. Yeah, it's a strange world. We had Bob Kagan on earlier this week, and he was sounding like a downright leftist. So things are changing. But I am going to be insufferable about it, in part because there's no reason to be scared of these guys on this front, because they've been competent in a lot of areas. with their nefarious goals, immigration, for example, they haven't really been very good at going after the foes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:26
2
How does the Trump administration accuse critics of being foreign agents?
7:26–9:09
3
What are the implications of Trump's foreign dealings?
9:09–13:28
4
How do Democrats plan to address corruption before 2027?
13:28–21:51
5
What challenges are faced by candidates in the Texas Senate race?
21:51–34:38
6
How do cultural issues impact Democratic strategies?
34:38–42:01
7
What are the lessons learned from past elections for Democrats?
42:01–49:46
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How does parenting relate to political discussions in this episode?
49:46–1:02:04
Speakers
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